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Map of South America

South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, and bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean.

As part of the Americas, South America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.

South America offers a range of travel options - with stunning coastlines, vibrant cities, historic colonial towns, mountainous treks and the vast and bio-diverse Amazonian rainforest.

Highlights

• Angel Falls, Canaima National Park Venezuela
• Merida, Venezuela
• Amazon River Basin, Brazil/Peru/Bolivia
• The Rio de Janeiro Carnival, Brazil
• Iguaçu Falls, Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay
• The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
• Huascarán National Park, Peru
• Machu Picchu, Peru
• Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
• Atacama Desert, Chile
• Wine Regions of Chile and Argentina
• Snow Skiing-Valle Nevado(Chile), Chillan(Chile), Las Lenas(Argentina)
• Puerto Varas, Chile; Bariloche, Argentina
• Torres del Paine, Chile
• Ushuaia, Argentina

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By KatrinaJames
November 28th 2009

Nazca South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca

I have had a VERY crazy morning. I arrived in Nazca yesterday and booked a room at the ´Friend´s house´hostel and also booked a flight over the Nazca lines through them. This morning I waited at the hostel for my tour of the Nazca lines at 8.30am as arranged, but no one turned up and there were no hostel staff around. Eventually the hostel guy turned up and was like, ´oh yeah - it isnt happening now´! Luckily, I have a rule of never paying until I do something so I didn´t lost any money, but flights are only widely available [View Full Entry]

By Svenja no Brasil
November 28th 2009

Oktoberfest, Uni rum, Recife + Praktikum South America » Brazil » Ceará » Fortaleza

Oktoberfest (40)
So sehen also richtige Deutsche aus...

Man hat ja vielleicht schon mal von den deutschen „Kolonien“ im Süden Brasiliens gehört . Weit weg ist das jedoch -Blumenau z.Bsp ist solch eine Stadt wo man noch deutsche Kultur, Sprache und Traditionen findet- dort wo’s sogar mal kalt wird! Hier im Nordosten bei beständigen 28° und Sonne, Forró (regionale Musik-dazu später mehr), Eselskarren zwischen Autos auf unbefestigten Straßen , Tapioca für 20 Euro-Cents am Straßenstand (lecker Essen -auch dazu später mehr), Kokosnüssen und dem unfassbar charmanten und fröhlichen Treiben einer chaotischen Stadt eines wunderschönen Schw [View Full Entry]

By hesj
November 28th 2009

The End of the Road: Melancholy and the infinite striving OR Fogerty you F%#&! Guess you were right... South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

Baby's in Ushuaia.

Antarctica or Bust? I guess calling it "busted" at Ushuaia - for now. Or rather broke. Financially broke, yes, but I'd rather imagine this as though late last night a great wave washed down a dreamy river, down from the mountains to the north, down to the coast and broke there against the lapping waves at Lapataia. At the end of the road and of the world as I, for the time being, will know it. I've stood on many cliffs along the way; in the high Altiplano of Bolivia; at the citadel of Machu Picchu; up on Vulcan Cayambe in [View Full Entry]

By saleensteve
November 28th 2009

Nice and Warm. South America

Machu Pichu was pretty spectacular, we got up at 4:15 am to do the hike up, only took Warren and I about 30 minutes, guess being used to the grind pays off once in a while. That being said it was no problem for the Waynapichu ticket, we were number 20-21 or something like that. Except for the occasional rain squall, it was a bit of a cool day at the top, but what a fantastic spot, it surely would have been the worlds most spectacular city in it's day. On our way back from Machu Pichu to Cusco, all [View Full Entry]

By arl865
November 27th 2009

Paracas South America

Hey. Gotta head out on a boat to the Baillesta Islands, so this is gonna be quick. Met the rest of the group yesterday, all great people. 7 Canadians out of 10. We got on our bus a little late yesterday and got into Paracas at around 8pm. Our hotel is here nice, with a great ocean view. Went to dinner as a group last night, and we all had a good time. Food here is amazing. Bruno, our group leader is a very energetic guy who seems to be bending over backwards to make sure everything runs smoothly. So far [View Full Entry]

By RandK
November 27th 2009

Ushuaia and the end of the road ... South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

Arriving on Tierra Del Fuego

With a nice symmetry to our boat trip to see glaciers the day before we left Anchorage we take another one to see the Perito Moreno Glacier and friends for the day, from El Calafate. Then we are off through rolling hills and forests on tarmac to our final section of Ruta 40 gravel. Back to the tundra for 60 miles, which, while not the last gravel we will ride, is the last very tough section and so is solely focussed on “don't fall off!” We cross the border at a tiny outpost where we arrive just after two coaches and [View Full Entry]

By Em and Chris
November 27th 2009

Santiago to Iguazu Falls! South America » Argentina

Hola Chicos, I know I know, it´s been a while. We´ve literally just been too busy having an amazing time. Some of the most amazing parts of the trip have happened in the last few weeks. So last time we wrote, we were in Santiago......seems like a looooong time ago. I did realise that we forgot to mention one of the hotels we asked for a room in Santiago asked us if we wanted it for an hour or overnight!!!!! Classy....needless to say we didn´t stay there...pretty funny though. So from Santiago we moved through a couple of places pretty quickly [View Full Entry]

By Thur et Aude
November 27th 2009

Equateur -Perou South America » Peru » Ancash » Huaraz

Cuenca

De Cuenca a Huaraz, en passant par Loja, Vilcabamba (Equ.), Mancora et Trujillo (Perou), nous passons par tous les types de paysages et de climats! Beaucoup de photos de Cuenca, une des villes coloniales les plus riches et les mieux conservees d Amerique latine, dont l architecte contraste fortement avec celle du reste du pays. (Les maisons equatoriennes et peruviennes sont de petits batiments cubiques a un etage, avec des facades fort degradees et souvent recouvertes de slogans politiques. Leur toit est plat, souvent herisse de piques metalliques qui attendent le jour meilleur ou un etage [View Full Entry]

By eloron
November 27th 2009

Tarma South America » Peru » Junin » Tarma

Alors milles excuses pour l orthographe d avance...(pas d accent et clavier qwerty...)la bonne excuse..et pour le reste on espere que vous continuerez a nous lire!!! Bon ben voila,on est enfin parti de Lima, en route pour " l aventure", notre taximan limañes Julio nous a conseille de partir a 6h40 pour eviter les bouchons et avoir notre bus a 8h en direction de Tarma. Effectivement on a evite les bouchons et nous sommes arrives a 7h00 a l agence de transport Chanchamayo, une petite partie de domino nous fera passer l heure a attendre (c est une toute petite agence [View Full Entry]

By MariaS ntti
November 26th 2009

IGUASSUN PUTOUKSET 23.-26.11.2009 South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park

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IGUASSUN PUTOUKSET 23.-26.11.2009 Kartasta katsottuna Rio de Janeiro ja Sao Paolo näyttävät olevan ihan vierekkäin, mutta nelikaistaisella moottoritiellä tuhatta ja sataa ajaneelta bussilta meni kuitenkin viisi tuntia päästä perille. Kaksi tuntia tuhraantui Sao Paolon ruuhkissa. Foz do Iguaçun putouksetkin näyttävät olevan ihan lähellä mutta sinne kesti ajaa hyvää moottoritietä kahdeksantoista tuntia, joten koko matka kesti kaksikymmentäviisi tuntia. Nyt on nähty noin yksi prosentti koko maasta. Ja se mitä on nähty, on vaurasta, hyvin hoidettua maaseutua satoja ja taas satoja kilometriä. [View Full Entry]

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